!["I'm alive, I'm living my dream, and this is just a bump in the road."](http://cdn2-b.examiner.com/sites/default/files/styles/image_content_width/hash/7f/ff/1361456282_9590_Untitled.jpg?itok=odqZq_YQ ""I'm alive, I'm living my dream, and this is just a bump in the road."")
Lady Gaga is doing well after undergoing surgery for a tear in her right hip on Feb. 20, and thanked her fans on her blog hours after the operation.
"Monsters, you really gave me a lot of strength today," Gaga wrote. "Everything happened so fast, but when it came time to face it, I reflected on the many stories and experiences you've shared with me about your lives.
"Meeting you backstage, reading your letters, watching you communicate with fans from around the globe to form a community that supports one another. You have completely blown my mind."
Gaga's surgery came just a week after the pop icon cancelled all 25 remaining dates of her "Born This Way" world tour due to synovitis, a painful joint inflammation that left her unable to walk.
Now recuperating from surgery, Gaga, 26, thanked fans for their love and support and said she's optimistic about her recovery.
"As they wheeled me into surgery today, I thought about all of your pain and perseverance, your unique family situations, school environments, health issues, homelessness, identity struggles — sometimes you are so brave that it terrifies me," she wrote.
"I wonder how it's even possible. So I thought to myself, I'm alive, I'm living my dream, and this is just a bump in the road. I'm grateful because this is temporary, and for some it is not. You have changed my life. I love you and am proud to be a part of your lives. If you can do it, I can do it too, and if we stick together we can get through anything."
Gaga's "Born This Way" tour kicked off in Seoul in April 2012 and was scheduled to wrap up in Tulsa, OK, on March 20, 2013.
